Almodóvar celebrates the “unusual” Spanish success in Cannes: “It is a day of celebration and shows the good state of cinema”

The filmmaker Pedro Almodovar has celebrated from Paris the selection of his film ‘Bitter Christmas’ to compete in the 79th edition of the Cannes Film Festival and has qualified the Spanish triplet as “unusual”, since his film will be accompanied by ‘El ser loved’, by Rodrigo Sorogoyen, and ‘La pelota negra’, by Los Javis.

“Today is a day of celebration for Spanish cinema for the three Spanish films, which is unusualI think it’s the first time it’s happened. They are three very different films from three different generations. “I think it is a moment of congratulations for Spanish cinema and shows the good state we live in,” Pedro Almodóvar said in a video sent to the Spanish media and reproduced by Europa Press. The director is in Paris for the retrospective tribute paid to him by the Pompidou Center.

The filmmaker from La Mancha has highlighted the relevance of Cannes as “the great festival” of auteur cinema, a type of cinema that he considers needs “visibility.” “Coming to Cannes is coming to the first auteur film festival, at a time when auteur cinema needs visibility. Cannes is the great festival“he stressed.

Finally, he stated that, even if the Palme d’Or is not won, the fact that three films are selected “is very important.” “We must all congratulate ourselves that three Spanish films will be competing in May for that Palme d’Or.that even if it doesn’t arrive, the fact of being selected is very important,” he concluded.